Government is implementing POSHAN Abhiyaan, earlier known as National Nutrition Mission, since 18th December 2017 to address the problem of malnutrition in the country. The Abhiyaan aims to reduce malnutrition in the country in a phased manner, through a life cycle approach, by adopting a synergised and result oriented approach. To ensure a holistic approach, all […]
Read MoreStatus of Women and Child Development Under SDGs of UN #upscmains gspaper 1&2 #ukpscmains paper3&5 The SDGs are a comprehensive list of 17 Global Goals and 169 associated targets, which integrate economic, social and environmental dimensions of development. The SDGs were adopted by 193 countries including India at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September […]
Read MoreThe Global Hunger Index Report 2019 ranks India 102 among 117 countries. When it comes to GHI scores, the country has been consistently improving. From securing a score of 38.8 back in 2000 (alarming category), the score has gradually improved to 30.3 (serious category). Understandably, the rate of overall progress has been tardy. But in […]
Read MoreAt International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Washington this week, there will be much debate about slowing global growth, the impact of the US-China trade war, the role of central banks in preventing a global recession, the risk of disruption to oil markets, and much more. What you won’t hear, beyond a few […]
Read MoreRecently, the term ‘middle-income trap’ has made a comeback in the Indian context as fears that the country may find itself caught in this trap loom large. Conceptually, the ‘middle-income trap’ refers to the phenomenon where countries attain certain ‘middle-income’ levels after which growth stagnates. Can this trap be avoided? What explains rapid growth in […]
Read MoreOne stop centre is a centrally sponsored scheme of Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), for addressing the problem of violence against women. It is a subscheme of umbrella scheme for National Mission for Empowerment of Women including Indira Gandhi Mattritav Sahyaog Yojana. One stop centre, will be established across the country to provide integrated support and assistance under one roof to women […]
Read MoreThe United Nations development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) developed a new version of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). The global MPI covers 105 countries in total, which are home to 77 per cent of the world’s population, or 5.7 billion people. Of this proportion, 23 per cent […]
Read MoreThe ten Expert Groups drawn from senior academicians, administrators and industrialists, have suggested more than 50 initiatives that would transform the higher education sector completely. The Groups have set the following goals for higher education sector: Double the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education and resolve the geographically and socially skewed access to higher […]
Read MorePublic Health is a State subject; hence, the responsibility of providing medical assistance to patients of all income group is of respective State/ UT Governments. However, National Health Mission (NHM) – a flagship programme of the Ministry with its two Sub-Missions, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), supports States /UTs […]
Read MoreGlobal population likely to touch 9.7 billion in 2050 Around 2027, India is projected to overtake China as the world’s most populous country, says the latest report released by United Nations. The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights, which is published by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, provides a comprehensive overview […]
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